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Credit Insurance

Credit Insurance

By: Miran Jus

Publisher: Academic Press

Publication Date: 26-FEB-2013

Insert Date: 22-MAY-2013

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This monograph is practically oriented, presenting a survey and explanation of credit insurance services for protection of short-term trade receivables primarily against commercial risk of insolvency and protracted default. The subject matter (i.e., main functions, features and principles of credit insurance with detailed description of credit insurance coverage, insurance conditions, and credit insurance policy management) follows procedural stages and presents commercial, financial, legal, and practical points of view which emphasize the needs of both the providers of these services...

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Project Strategy and Strategic Portfolio Management

Project Strategy and Strategic Portfolio Management

By: William H.A. Johnson; Diane H. Parente

Publisher: Business Expert Press

Publication Date: 20-MAY-2013

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Projects have become the de facto method of implementing business strategy and operations. As such, understanding how projects relate to business strategy and managing projects strategically is increasingly important to effective and efficient business management This book is designed as a short and concise treatise on how to go about doing that. The authors start by figuring out how the project relates to the rest of the business and environment and what separates it from other projects and functions. They go on to discuss how you can use principles of strategic management to better organize...

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Handbook of Economic Growth

Handbook of Economic Growth, Volume 1B

By: Philippe Aghion; Steven Durlauf

Publisher: North Holland

Publication Date: 09-DEC-2005

Insert Date: 22-MAY-2013

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The Handbooks in Economics series continues to provide the various branches of economics with handbooks which are definitive reference sources, suitable for use by professional researchers, advanced graduate students, or by those seeking a teaching supplement. The Handbook of Economic Growth, edited by Philippe Aghion and Steven Durlauf, with an introduction by Robert Solow, features in-depth, authoritative survey articles by the leading economists working on growth theory. Volume 1a , the first in this two volume set, covers theories of economic growth, the empirics of...

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Handbook of Economic Growth

Handbook of Economic Growth, Volume 1A

By: Philippe Aghion; Steven Durlauf

Publisher: North Holland

Publication Date: 09-DEC-2005

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The Handbooks in Economics series continues to provide the various branches of economics with handbooks which are definitive reference sources, suitable for use by professional researchers, advanced graduate students, or by those seeking a teaching supplement. The Handbook of Economic Growth, edited by Philippe Aghion and Steven Durlauf, with an introduction by Robert Solow, features in-depth, authoritative survey articles by the leading economists working on growth theory. Volume 1A, the first in this two volume set, covers theories of economic growth, the empirics of economic growth,...

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Handbook of Economic Forecasting

Handbook of Economic Forecasting, Volume 1

By: G. Elliott; C. W.J. Granger; A. G. Timmermann

Publisher: North Holland

Publication Date: 14-JUL-2006

Insert Date: 22-MAY-2013

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Research on forecasting methods has made important progress over recent years and these developments are brought together in the Handbook of Economic Forecasting. The handbook covers developments in how forecasts are constructed based on multivariate time-series models, dynamic factor models, nonlinear models and combination methods. The handbook also includes chapters on forecast evaluation, including evaluation of point forecasts and probability forecasts and contains chapters on survey forecasts and volatility forecasts. Areas of applications of forecasts covered in the handbook...

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Handbook of Environmental Economics

Handbook of Environmental Economics, Volume 3

By: Karl-Goran Maler; Jeffrey R. Vincent

Publisher: North Holland

Publication Date: 09-DEC-2005

Insert Date: 22-MAY-2013

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Many of the frontiers of environmental economics research are at the interface of large-scale and long-term environmental change with national and global economic systems. This is also where some of the most of challenging environmental policy issues occur. Volume 3 of the Handbook of Environmental Economics provides a synthesis of the latest theory on economywide and international environmental issues and a critical review of models for analyzing those issues. It begins with chapters on the fundamental relationships that connect environmental resources to economic growth and long-run...

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Handbook of Environmental Economics

Handbook of Environmental Economics, Volume 2

By: Karl-Göran Mäler; Jeffrey R. Vincent

Publisher: North Holland

Publication Date: 21-DEC-2005

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Much applied environmental economics is concerned with the valuation of changes in environmental quality. Obtaining reliable valuation estimates requires attention to theoretical and econometric issues that are often quite subtle. Volume 2 of the Handbook of Environmental Economics presents both the theory and the practice of environmental valuation. It synthesizes the vast literature that has accumulated since the publication of the Handbook of Natural Resource and Energy Economics two decades ago. It includes chapters on individual valuation methods written by researchers...

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Econophysics

Econophysics

By: Gheorghe Savoiu

Publisher: Academic Press

Publication Date: 27-NOV-2012

Insert Date: 21-MAY-2013

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The remarkable evolution of econophysics research has brought the deep synthesis of ideas derived from economics and physics to subjects as diverse as education, banking, finance, and the administration of large institutions.  The original papers in this collection present a broad summary of these advances, written by interdisciplinary specialists.   Included are studies on subjects in the development of econophysics; on the perspectives offered by econophysics on large problems in economics and finance, including the 2008-9 financial crisis; and on higher education and group decision...

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The Evidence and Impact of Financial Globalization

The Evidence and Impact of Financial Globalization

By: Gerard Caprio

Publisher: Academic Press

Publication Date: 31-DEC-2012

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The sharp realities of financial globalization become clear during crises, when winners and losers emerge. Crises usher in short- and long-term changes to the status quo, and everyone agrees that learning from crises is a top priority.  The Evidence and Impact of Financial Globalization devotes separate articles to specific crises, the conditions that cause them, and the longstanding arrangements devised to address them. While other books and journal articles treat these subjects in isolation, this volume presents a wide-ranging, consistent, yet varied specificity. Substantial,...

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Project Finance in Theory and Practice, 2nd Edition

Project Finance in Theory and Practice, 2nd Edition

By: Stefano Gatti

Publisher: Academic Press

Publication Date: 02-AUG-2012

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This book presents comprehensive coverage of project finance in Europe and North America.  The Second Edition features two new case studies, all new pedagogical supplements including end-of-chapter questions and answers, and insights into the recent market downturn.  The author provides a complete description of the ways a project finance deal can be organized-from industrial, legal, and financial standpoints-and the alternatives available for funding it.  After reviewing recent advances in project finance theory, he provides illustrations and case studies. At key points Gatti brings in...

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Auction Theory, 2nd Edition

Auction Theory, 2nd Edition

By: Vijay Krishna

Publisher: Academic Press

Publication Date: 28-SEP-2009

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Vijay Krishna’s 2e of Auction Theory improves upon his 2002 bestseller with a new chapter on package and position auctions as well as end-of-chapter questions and chapter notes. Complete proofs and new material about collusion complement Krishna’s ability to reveal the basic facts of each theory in a style that is clear, concise, and easy to follow. With the addition of a solutions manual and other teaching aids, the 2e continues to serve as the doorway to relevant theory for most students doing empirical work on auctions. Focuses on key auction types and serves as the doorway to...

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Rating Based Modeling of Credit Risk

Rating Based Modeling of Credit Risk

By: Stefan Trueck; Svetlozar T. Rachev

Publisher: Academic Press

Publication Date: 15-JAN-2009

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In the last decade rating-based models have become very popular in credit risk management. These systems use the rating of a company as the decisive variable to evaluate the default risk of a bond or loan. The popularity is due to the straightforwardness of the approach, and to the upcoming new capital accord (Basel II), which allows banks to base their capital requirements on internal as well as external rating systems. Because of this, sophisticated credit risk models are being developed or demanded by banks to assess the risk of their credit portfolio better by recognizing the...

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Advances in Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management, Volume 9

Advances in Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management, Volume 9

By: Cheng-Few Lee

Publisher: JAI Press

Publication Date: 12-JUL-2002

Insert Date: 21-MAY-2013

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Twelve papers focus on investment analysis, portfolio theory, and their implementation in portfolio management...

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Public-Private Partnerships

Public-Private Partnerships

By: E. R. Yescombe

Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann

Publication Date: 01-APR-2011

Insert Date: 21-MAY-2013

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Over the last decade or so, private-sector financing through public-private partnerships (PPPs) has become increasingly popular around the world as a way of procuring and maintaining public-sector infrastructure, in sectors such as transportation (roads, bridges, tunnels, railways, ports, airports), social infrastructure (hospitals, schools, prisons, social housing) public utilities (water supply, waste water treatment, waste disposal), government offices and other accommodation, and other specialised services (communications networks or defence equipment). This book, based on the...

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Six Figure Management Method

Six Figure Management Method

By: Patrick M Georges; Josephine Hus

Publisher: Kogan Page

Publication Date: 03-JUN-2013

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Measuring and improving performance is critical for managers who want to achieve successful business growth. However, standard key performance indicators can be overly complex and therefore ineffective in managing productivity: Six Figure Management Method shows that if you measure and improve just six well-selected figures, each of them simple to understand and easy to calculate, the profitability of your unit or business will soar. Based around these six measures, it presents a streamlined, straightforward framework for managing your activities effectively on a day-to-day basis, while...

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Digital State

Digital State

By: Simon Pont

Publisher: Kogan Page

Publication Date: 03-JUN-2013

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What is the Digital State? What is our Digital State of Mind? What does this Digital State mean for brands and for businesses? Big data, new distribution platforms, content collaboration, geo-targeting, crowdsourcing, viral marketing, mobile apps - the technological revolution has transformed the way society communicates and understands itself, and unleashed a whirlwind of new possibilities for marketers, as well as new risks. Mirroring the 'collaborative play space' Tim Berners-Lee first envisaged for the internet, Digital State brings together Simon Pont and 13 thought-leaders drawn from...

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Questionnaire Design, 3rd Edition

Questionnaire Design, 3rd Edition

By: Ian Brace

Publisher: Kogan Page

Publication Date: 03-JUN-2013

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Questionnaires are vital for the market researcher: they draw accurate information from respondents, give structure to interviews, provide a standard form on which facts, comments and attitudes can be recorded, and facilitate data processing. Questionnaire Design explains the role of questionnaires in market research and looks at different types of questionnaire, examining when and how they should be deployed. The book explains how to plan, structure and compose the right questionnaire for the research you are undertaking. Fully updated with new content on encouraging respondent involvement,...

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HANDBOOK OF LABOR ECONOMICS, VOL 4A

HANDBOOK OF LABOR ECONOMICS, VOL 4A

By: Orley Ashenfelter; David Card

Publisher: North Holland

Publication Date: 28-OCT-2010

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What new tools and models are enriching labor economics? "Developments in Research Methods and their Application" (volume 4A) summarizes recent advances in the ways economists study wages, employment, and labor markets.  Mixing conceptual models and empirical work, contributors cover subjects as diverse as field and laboratory experiments, program evaluation, and behavioral models.  The combinations of these improved empirical findings with new models reveal how labor economists are developing new and innovative ways to measure key parameters and test important hypotheses. ...

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Modern Empirical Developments in Corporate Takeovers

Modern Empirical Developments in Corporate Takeovers

By: B. Espen Eckbo

Publisher: Academic Press

Publication Date: 12-MAR-2010

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A selection of republished corporate finance articles and book chapters that can serve as an advanced corporate finance supplementary text for courses that use no textbooks. Combining convenience and an affordable price with retypeset pages and a high-quality index, the 600 pages of volume two, "Bidding Strategies, Financing, and Corporate Control", focus on a range of special topics, ranging from theories and evidence on strategic bidding behavior (offer premiums, toeholds, bidder competition, winner’s curse adjustments, and managerial overconfidence), issues arising when bidding for...

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FT Essential Guide to Leading Your Team

FT Essential Guide to Leading Your Team

By: Graham Yemm

Publisher: FT Publishing International

Publication Date: 06-FEB-2013

Insert Date: 20-MAY-2013

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The tools and ideas to help you lead with confidence and achieve better results through your team.   This book provides all the tools and skills to help you be more effective in leading your team and achieving higher levels of performance. It focuses on three key elements: you as the leader, the principles of team working and team building, and getting individuals to contribute and perform.   As well as identifying obstacles and pitfalls, it assists you in improving your skills and coaches you to work out what you could be doing better. ...